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How to get rid of "requires internet"
My app does not start without being connected to the internet. It forces the user to connect to a WLAN and in the "App library" it says "requires internet".
In Unity I have configured the internet access "Auto" under Player > Android settings > Other settings > Configuration > Internet access. Unity seems to add internet permissions automatically, because I am using Unity networking.
However, networking is optional in my case. The app works offline to a certain degree. So how do I get rid of the "requires internet" label?
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With one of the latest updates this popped up, what is the deal with this? Most of my apps now say this if not connected to Wifi and I cannot open any.
Reviving this after a long delay because I'm running into this too. Created a demo for trade-shows and sometimes wifi is simply not possible. Although my app doesn't require an internet connection, Oculus claims it does and refuses to launch the app from the library.
One workaround is to put the app in your dock manually - then it WILL launch just fine even without wifi.
Is there a better solution?
This is just happening again to customers, what is the deal with this?
So I just found the solution for me after I have tried editing the AndroidManifest of my Game in countless ways. I realized, that no matter what I would write in the Android Manifest, the Game would still need an Internet Connection, because the problem lies on the side of the Meta Quest platform. In the Oculus Developer dashboard I found an "internet connection" option under the Meta Data / Specifications of my game. I had set that to "only required to download content", as I thought that would mean something like "optional". However after I set it to "not required" and published the changes I was finally able to launch my Game without Wifi once again!
I also checked, that my game can still access multiplayer features with an established internet connection even if that option is set to "not required".Oh cool, I will try this!
